Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus Dividing the Roman Empire, with Bologna in the Background

A pen and brown ink drawing with brown wash shows three standing men in classical dress gathered around a large round disc beside a tall column, while a seated figure sits at left. Two winged figures on clouds appear in the upper left, and a wide landscape with trees and distant buildings stretches across the background.

Artist

Francesco Brizio

Date

c. 1622

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on brown laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 1266 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection